Appendix 2- Staffing
The Clerk of the Senate is appointed by the President of the Senate under subsection 58(1) of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999. Staff of the department are engaged under section 22 of the Parliamentary Service Act.
The figures in this appendix include staff on long-term paid leave, but exclude staff on leave without pay or on temporary movements out of the department at 30 June 2009.
Also excluded are those non-ongoing staff employed on a casual or sessional basis who did not work on 30 June 2009, the last working day of the 2008–09 year.
Staff numbers, by classification and gender, 30 June 2009
| Classification |
Male |
Female |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| Deputy Clerk of the Senate (SES Band 2) |
– |
1 |
1 |
| Clerks Assistant and Usher of the Black Rod (SES Band 1) |
3 |
2 |
5 |
| Parliamentary Executive Level 2 (PE 2) |
12 |
13 |
25 |
| Parliamentary Executive Level 1 (PE 1) |
13 |
9 |
22 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 6 (APS 6) |
9 |
31 |
40 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 5 (APS 5) |
3 |
1 |
4 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 4 (APS 4) |
9 |
21 |
30 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 3 (APS 3) |
9 |
21 |
30 |
| Parliamentary Service Level 1/2 (APS 1/2) |
6 |
5 |
11 |
| Total |
65 |
104 |
169 |
SES = Senior Executive Service
Staff numbers, by classification and employment category, 30 June 2009
| Classification |
Ongoing |
Non-ongoing |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 1 |
5 |
– |
5 |
| PE 2 |
23 |
2 |
25 |
| PE 1 |
20 |
2 |
22 |
| APS 6 |
32 |
8 |
40 |
| APS 5 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| APS 4 |
27 |
3 |
30 |
| APS 3 |
22 |
8 |
30 |
| APS 1/2 |
9 |
2 |
11 |
| Total |
144 |
25 |
169 |
Staff numbers, by classification and participation, 30 June 2009
| Classification |
Full-time |
Part-time |
Total |
| Clerk of the Senate |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 2 |
1 |
– |
1 |
| SES Band 1 |
5 |
– |
5 |
| PE 2 |
25 |
– |
25 |
| PE 1 |
15 |
7 |
22 |
| APS 6 |
30 |
10 |
40 |
| APS 5 |
4 |
– |
4 |
| APS 4 |
25 |
5 |
30 |
| APS 3 |
26 |
4 |
30 |
| APS 1/2 |
11 |
– |
11 |
| Total |
143 |
26 |
169 |
Full-time equivalent staffing levels (staff years), 2007–08 and 2008–09
| Program |
2007–08 |
2008–09 |
| Clerk’s Office |
4 |
4 |
| Table Office |
17 |
17 |
| Procedure Office |
32 |
34 |
| Committee Office |
53 |
62 |
| Black Rod’s Office |
46 |
46 |
| Total |
152 |
163 |
Diversity profile at 30 June, 2007–08 and 2008–09
| Equal employment opportunity (EEO) staff category |
2007–08 |
2008–09 |
| Male |
71 |
65 |
| Female |
102 |
104 |
| EEO details not provided |
2 |
1 |
| English not first language spoken |
3 |
4 |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
– |
– |
| With a disability |
– |
– |
Classifications and salary scales, 30 June 2009
| Classification |
Salary scale ($) |
| Clerk of the Senate |
336,080 |
| SES Band 2 |
176,559–185,851 |
| SES Band 1 |
145,683–153,003 |
| PE 2 |
110,284–117,920 |
| PE 1 |
88,655–99,305 |
| APS 6 |
73,355–80,467 |
| APS 5 |
65,123–69,158 |
| APS 4 |
58,292–62,613 |
| APS 3 |
51,976–56,149 |
| APS 1/2 |
40,686–50,928 |